Family-friendly rights and support

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  FAQs

  Where an employee is provided with a car allowance instead of a company car can this be withdrawn if the employee goes on adoption leave?

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  FAQs

  Can an employee who is adopting a child from within the UK take on paid work during adoption leave?

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  FAQs

  If an employee does not intend to return to work after adoption leave, is the employee required to give notice?

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  FAQs

  If an employee does not return from adoption leave, does the employer have to pay in lieu of the annual leave accrued during the leave?

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  FAQs

  Where a fixed-term employee's contract is due to terminate while they are on maternity leave, must the employer re-employ them at the end of the maternity leave?

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  Employment law cases

  Tribunal to ask ECJ to clarify legal protection for women who have children through a surrogate mother

  The tribunal's reference to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in this case could result in women who have a child through a surrogate mother being entitled to the same employment protection under EU law as conventional mothers.

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  FAQs

  Will an employee be entitled to paternity leave if the child is stillborn?

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  FAQs

  Is a child's father automatically entitled to statutory paternity leave?

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  FAQs

  Can an employer request that an employee defer their paternity leave?

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  Letters and forms

  Form for employee taking paternity leave to provide notification of date of child's placement (adoption within UK)

  A model form for an employee to notify the employer of the actual date on which the child in respect of whom paternity leave is sought was placed for adoption.